Ava Fontaine

Ava Fontaine was an American model, actress, and artist who was married to the arms dealer Yuri Orlov from the 1980s until 2001.

Biography
Ava Fontaine grew up in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, in New York City, and in the early 1980s she was voted "Miss Long Island" in a beauty pageant. She became a model, and she advertised perfumes and other fashion items. Ukrainian-American immigrant Yuri Orlov became attracted to her while he was young, and in the 1980s he arranged for a fake photoshoot on a Caribbean island to lure her into meeting him. She arrived on the island by plane, only to find out that her photographer could not arrive due to a "hurricane" which did not appear in the news. She bonded with Orlov, and the two later married and had a son, Nikolai (called "Nicky" by them). However, their relationship fell apart when Ava found out that he was an arms dealer, and he went legitimate for six months in an attempt to rebuild his life with her. Things changed when President of Liberia Andre Bishop, Sr. visited their apartment and bribed Yuri to continue selling guns, and when Ava found out about Yuri's betrayal of her trust, she left him with their son.